US Patent Issued on Aug. 11 for "Methods for manufacturing individualized protective gear from scan and resulting products" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,174, issued on Aug. 11.

"Methods for manufacturing individualized protective gear from scan and resulting products" was invented by Michael Zabala (Auburn, Ala.), Vitale Kyle Castellano (Auburn, Ala.), Jacob Larson (Auburn, Ala.) and Austin J. Harris (Auburn, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing individualized protective gear such as pads based on a scan, and the resulting pads, are disclosed herein. A garment comprising a pocket with a visibly defined border is selected. A wearer dons the garment. A scan is taken of at least a portion of the garment over the wearer's body at the location where the pocket is...